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Foxconn Brazil workers reportedly threaten strike over working conditions

Factory workers at a Foxconn plant in Jundiaí, Brazil are complaining of overcrowded buses, poor food and a lack of water and have threatened to strike unless the issues are resolved by May 3.

According to a report by Brazil's Tech Guru (Google Translation), over 2,500 Foxconn employees have complained about conditions at the factory. Workers reportedly met last Monday to raise the concerns and have given the company 10 days to address them.

Problems at the factory have been exacerbated by the recent hiring of more than a thousand employees. Foxconn was said not to have increased its transport infrastructure with the new hires. The company reportedly had to hire water trucks to bring in water for its employees.

A representative for the employees was optimistic that an amicable solution could be reached with Foxconn without resorting to a strike.

The report did not specifically mention whether the workers involved are serving on production lines for Apple's iPhone or iPad. iPhone 4 units produced in Brazil reached the market last February, while Apple is said to have received approval to begin selling iPad 2 units that have been manufactured in the country.


Source: Tech Guru

In January, it was reported that Brazilian officials were claiming Foxconn had plans to build five additional factories in the country to help produce Apple devices. Each of the new facilities would reportedly staff approximately 1,000 workers. However, Foxconn called the report "pure speculation."

Foxconn Brazil
Foxconn's Jundiai, Brazil manufacturing plant

Though Apple has identified Brazil as a key growth region, CEO Tim Cook said earlier this year that the company is not planning to build retail stores there in the "near future."

24 Comments

jhromeror 14 Years · 46 comments

Brazil is a nightmare when it comes to labor laws and poor attitude from workers. They don't even commit to the treaties they sign unless they are benefiting the most.

I just hope I don't end up with an iDevice made there. 

i am a zither zather zuzz 13 Years · 1563 comments

[URL=http://forums.appleinsider.com/image/id/162051/width/455/height/340][IMG]http://forums.appleinsider.com/image/id/162051/width/455/height/340[/IMG][/URL] Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

davebarnes 20 Years · 382 comments

Import about 10K Chinese workers and that will fix this.
 

solipsismx 14 Years · 19562 comments

[quote name="jhromeror" url="/t/149655/foxconn-brazil-workers-reportedly-threaten-strike-over-working-conditions#post_2101705"] Brazil is a nightmare when it comes to labor laws and poor attitude from workers. They don't even commit to the treaties they sign unless they are benefiting the most. I just hope I don't end up with an iDevice made there.  [/quote] But Apple needs the infrastructure if they want to avoid those excessive import taxes.

anantksundaram 19 Years · 20393 comments

Groan.

 

Apple does not need this further round of (likely) overblown, exaggerated, distorted bad publicity.